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NYC hikes price of pack of cigarettes to $13, highest in US
NEW YORK - The price of a pack of cigarettes in New York City is going up - to at least $13 - and the number of places you can buy them is going down under legislation signed Monday by the mayor. The ...
Aug 28, 2017
Buffalo Bills player acquitted of Ohio weapon charge
CINCINNATI - Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Adolphus Washington has been acquitted of a weapons charge by an Ohio judge. The ruling that found Washington not guilty came Monday after a nonjury trial i...
Aug 28, 2017
Trump defends decision to pardon Arizona's Arpaio
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, calling the former Arizona sheriff a “patriot” who loves his country. Asked about his controversia...
Aug 28, 2017
Montreal police arrest man sought in Ontario and the United States
Montreal police say they have arrested a man who was sought in connection with alleged drug offences in Ontario and was also on a list of most wanted criminals in the United States. They say they appr...
Aug 28, 2017
PM has no plans to strip Macdonald's name from federal buildings, sites
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has no plans to delete the name of Sir John A. Macdonald - Canada’s first prime minister - from anything under federal responsi...
Aug 28, 2017
NewsAlert: North Korea has fired an unidentified missile: report
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean news agency says North Korea has fired an unidentified missile. More to come. The Associated Press
Aug 28, 2017
Shapovalov into second round of U.S. Open with straight sets win over Medvedev
NEW YORK - Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov cruised into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 win over Russia’s Daniil Medvedev on Monday. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont...
Aug 28, 2017
Bird on a bridge: Purloined parrot returned to roost at Saskatoon restaurant
SASKATOON - A statue of a parrot that normally adorns a Saskatoon restaurant flew the coop this weekend and landed atop a bridge under construction over the South Saskatchewan River. The bright-blue b...
Aug 28, 2017
Canada urges calm in response to Trump's NAFTA threats as talks continue
VANCOUVER - Canada’s international trade minister is urging calm in response to renewed threats from Donald Trump to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, which the U.S. president des...
Aug 28, 2017
Hurricane Harvey forces Red Deer expats from Houston-area home
A family of Canadian expats from Red Deer living near Houston, Texas says in one word, what they've experienced has been scary. The family of four lives in the Sugar Land area, a suburb of Houston, wh...
Aug 28, 2017